Woman badly hurt by NJ Transit bus wins $7.85M in lawsuit settlement, lawyer says Share Email Print nj-transit-bus-paterson.jpgRobert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerA woman who had her left leg and right foot amputated after being run over by an NJ Transit bus in 2008 will receive $7.85 million in a settlement with the agency, the victim's lawyer said Friday. Pictured here is an NJ Transit bus viewed from the front of another bus. PATERSON — A woman who had her left leg and right foot amputated after being run over by an NJ Transit bus in a pedestrian crosswalk in 2008 will receive $7.85 million in a settlement with the agency, according to her lawyer. Mercedes Perez can't say what she thinks of the settlement, however, because the 59-year-old woman suffered brain damage from the accident in Paterson and cannot speak after sepsis took her voice, her attorney said. She is fed by a tube. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/woman_badly_hurt_by_nj_transit.html